Why is it especially difficult to develop good measures of personality?

A) Personality is caused by unconscious processes, which cannot be observed.
B) Personality is extremely stable, and it is very difficult to measure something that doesn't change.
C) We are trying to measure how someone acts in general, but their behavior may change from moment to moment.
D) Most languages, including English, simply do not have enough words or concepts to allow us to describe personality.

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Precious Viterbo · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : C, Explanation :  Personality is difficult to measure because we are trying to capture how someone behaves in general, but behavior can change from moment to moment depending on the situation. This makes it challenging to develop measures that accurately capture an individual's personality traits across different contexts. While the other options may also be factors that contribute to the difficulty of measuring personality, they do not fully address the core challenge of capturing stable personality traits that are consistent across different situations.

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